Utopia Project:A "utopia" is a community or society with near perfect qualities.
Part 1: Research 2 of the following Utopian experiments:
Historic Harmony, Harmony, PA
Old Economy Village, Ambridge, PA
New Harmony, New Harmony, IN
Mt. Lebanon Shaker Village, New Lebanon, NY
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, Poland Spring, ME o Canterbury Shaker Village, Canterbury, NH
Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, MA
Shakertown at Pleasant Hill, Harrodsburg, KY
Shakertown at South Union, South Union, KY
Shaker Historical Museum, Shaker Heights, OH o Enfield Shaker Museum, Enfield, NH
Oneida Community Mansion House, Oneida, NY o Amana Colonies, Amana, IA
Zoar Village State Memorial, Zoar, OH
Bishop Hill Heritage Association, Bishop Hill, IL o Icarian Living History Museum, Nauvoo, IL
Ephrata Cloister, Ephrata, PA
Historic Bethel German Colony, Bethel, MO
Old Aurora Colony Museum, Aurora, OR
Old Salem, Winston-Salem, NC
Describe their beliefs on the following topics for each of your 2 chosen locations:
1. Laws/Government
2. Family/Marriage
3. Education/Career
4. Beliefs: Religious or moral
5. Medical: Nutrition, treatments, preventions
ANSWER: Why did this experiment fail?
Part 2: Develop your own Utopia
1) You may create any of the following:
Prezi (ALL SLIDES MUST HAVE COLOR AND PICTURES)
Google Slides (ALL SLIDES MUST HAVE COLOR AND PICTURES)
Travel Brochure
Poster
2) Your Utopia must address the following topics: These topics need to be labeled slides/sections of your presentation.
Laws/Government
Family/Marriage
Education/Career
Beliefs: Religious or moral
Medical: Nutrition, treatments, preventions
OPTIONAL: Name your Utopia
Note: To make a prezi you will need an email address and password OR you can use our account.
Explain in a minimum of 2 paragraphs (8 sentences) how your utopian community could transform or be interpreted by an outsider as a dystopia.
Consider how in The Giver they have no war (utopia), but they have no choice (dystopia).
Part 1: Research 2 of the following Utopian experiments:
Describe their beliefs on the following topics for each of your 2 chosen locations:
1. Laws/Government
2. Family/Marriage
3. Education/Career
4. Beliefs: Religious or moral
5. Medical: Nutrition, treatments, preventions
ANSWER: Why did this experiment fail?
Part 2: Develop your own Utopia
1) You may create any of the following:2) Your Utopia must address the following topics: These topics need to be labeled slides/sections of your presentation.
Note: To make a prezi you will need an email address and password OR you can use our account.
Website: prezi.comUsername/Email: caitlinnichols@walkerschools.org
Password: RMSbulldogs1617
Part 3: Could your "utopia" become a dystopia?
Explain in a minimum of 2 paragraphs (8 sentences) how your utopian community could transform or be interpreted by an outsider as a dystopia.Consider how in The Giver they have no war (utopia), but they have no choice (dystopia).
After you are finished: Review Games